For the ninth year, Technically Media and Temple University are hosting the biggest gathering of journalists, editors and media makers in the Philadelphia region. But the name has changed.

On Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, join this accessible and low-cost event now called the Klein News Innovation Camp — formerly known as Barcamp News Innovation.

The name change is for two reasons:

First, to reflect further growth in the relationship between organizer Technically Media and Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication.
Second, to address continued confusion around that word Barcamp, which was always a way to convey the event’s informal unconference style.

An unconference is an event format in which the programming is created and powered by attendees, who arrive in the morning and together choose the day’s sessions. This guarantees accessibility and hotly topical sessions.

Tickets are just $15 and include a continental breakfast, lunch and a happy hour, in addition to a day’s worth of programming. (Tickets are free for Temple students and faculty, who have working temple.edu email addresses).

The event will feature 300 thinkers and doers on how communities are informed. The day will feature sessions on topics like journalism ethics in a troubled era, funding successes, audience engagement, partisanship and a broad array of new thinking.

]]>http://kleincamp.com/2017/09/20/announcing-klein-camp/feed/0Here’s what you missed at the 8th annual BCNIhttp://kleincamp.com/2016/10/30/heres-what-you-missed-at-the-8th-annual-bcni/
http://kleincamp.com/2016/10/30/heres-what-you-missed-at-the-8th-annual-bcni/#respondSun, 30 Oct 2016 19:23:19 +0000http://kleincamp.com/?p=4082The 8th annual Barcamp News Innovation, our unconference on the future of news, was our best attended yet. Read some recaps of what went down.

In the earliest days of Barcamp News Innovation, when the ticket was free and there were no sponsors, we kept lunch cheap and simple. Fortunately the day has gotten far tastier — and more inclusive for speciality diets.

This year we’re working with our friends at Miles Table catering to keep you full and satisfied for lots of learning. (See the day’s overview agenda here). You get this tasty food plus learning for just a $15 ticket. (This is thanks to sponsors like Temple University’s School of Media Communications, our host for the day).

BREAKFAST

When the doors open at 9am, there will be assorted bagels, breakfast pastries, cream cheese, butter and jelly, with water, juice and locally famed La Colombe coffee (we’ll have coffee and water available all day).

LUNCH

At 12pm, while you’re enjoying our lunchtime keynote roundtable, we’ll have classic deli sandwiches and spreads, including gluten-free and vegan options, served with fresh chips and homemade cookies and brownies.

SNACK

At 1:30pm, to help you get through the day, we’ll have crudités, assorted fruits and soft pretzels and dips.

HAPPY HOUR

At 4:30pm, we’ll close the day at the nearby college bar Draught Horse for a happy hour to catch up and what you learned. Your first drink (and the chance for a second) will be covered, plus we’ll have some hot fried food and other light appetizers. Your drink ticket will cover domestic beer, select wines and well drinks.

Even though many of our attendees come back each year, we know the “unconference” format always takes some refreshers and explainers for first-timers. So to help you better know what to expect this Saturday, we’ve pre-planned five sessions.

Like other conferences, there will be several rooms with sessions happening at the same time, allowing you to choose your preference. The trick is that beginning at 9:30am, you, the attendees, will choose and lead the topics. It’s aimed at being inclusive and community driven. Consider these pre-planned sessions just as an example for topics.

The doors open at 9am on Saturday (look at the detailed agenda here) — grab coffee, something to eat and catch up with other attendees and join us for the day. The fifth and final set of sessions will close at 4pm and by 4:30pm, we’ll be at happy hour, which will be done at 6:30pm.

Here are our five pre-planned sessions: (please note that other sessions will be chosen day-of)

Among my favorite parts of Barcamp News Innovation is announcing our annual lunchtime keynote discussion. We’ve had a remarkable assortment of leaders through the years — find past speakers at the bottom of this page here.

This year, we’ll have the opportunity to hear from four of the country’s leading voices on journalism trends, informing communities and news making. In the middle of a day of meaningful sessions on trends in news, we’ll break for lunch and gather to hear from them in a roundtable format. We’ll discuss tactics (tools they use and lessons they can share), trends (what they’re expecting to see in the future) and strategy (how they’re expecting to use their tactics to fit in these trends).

Here’s who you’ll get to hear from:

Greg Linch, Data Developer at The McClatchy Company, is on the national board of the Online News Association, a former member of the Washington Post and a leader in the product and impact of news.

Jess Estepa, a Senior Digital Producer at National Geographic, formerly worked at USA Today and Congressional Roll Call and helps translate NatGeo’s legendary print magazine into a digital product.

Emily McManus, ‎the Managing editor of TED, leads the production of one of the web’s most visited web and video properties. She was the #BCNI14 keynote speaker.

Michael Gold, a Social Media Editor for the New York Times, has also worked for the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun. He has helped inform the social strategy for these and other major newspaper brands.

When we get 150 or so journalists, editors and media together in Philadelphia each year, as many as half of you are from elsewhere. Some of you travel far — and some of you will be doing it for the first time next year.

So we’re thrilled to announce that our friends at the Mozilla Foundation (hey thanks longtime attendee Erika Owens!) will be helping us subsidize travel for a handful of new attendees who are traveling on their own (no company support, though BCNI makes a great professional development opportunity).

After seven years bringing BCNI to you in the spring, the 8th annual Barcamp News Innovation is happening in the fall, Oct. 15.

There is some construction taking place in our venue, Temple University’s Annenberg Hall in Philadelphia, so we’re taking the opportunity to bring BCNI to the fall. (A chance to get more students the chance to meet you all)

The seventh annual Barcamp News Innovation featured much conversation on news process and editorial products.

Rather than just sharing ideas, there was much tactics sharing too in sessions at the unconference, including a few pre-planned sessions and a keynote from Vox Media’s Lauren Rabaino. More than 150 people came through the event, including representatives from the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, Business Insider, Google, Yahoo, Philadelphia Inquirer, Vox Media and many more.